Interactive envelope materials database for whole-building energy simulation programs

And what roles does the U. Software and Project Portfolio. EnergyPlus is DOE's open-source state-of-the-art whole building energy simulation engine. For the past five years, DOE and the national labs have been developing a next-generation simulation engine that bridges the worlds of BEM and controls.

Several of those who were there at the beginning look back at those early days and remark on the changes they've seen in the last two decades. A team led by the University of Colorado-Boulder has developed a combined cooling and airflow simulation and optimization toolkit that has already enabled significant energy savings in two data centers. Resources for Modelers and Stakeholders. A peer-to-peer help and support forum for BEM with search, voting, and notification tools.

Publications and Presentations. To improve accuracy, such a model can be calibrated to match measured energy consumption or utility bills.

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Legrand: North America Headquarters. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of building energy performance. He received his Ph. In recent years, his focus has been on fenestration research, whole-building energy simulation, manual and auto-calibration, industrial energy data analysis for energy savings impact, Combined Heat and Power CHP deployment analysis, building energy monitoring and performance analysis and the evaluation and integration of energy-efficient technologies in buildings.